We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell Avamar based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data, and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect is lauded for its versatility, comprehensive malware protection, and effortless data retrieval. Dell Avamar earns acclaim for its scalability, data compression capabilities, swift incremental backups, and seamless integration with Data Domain and VM stacks. Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. Dell Avamar could improve its tape connectivity and bare-metal restoration. Users also requested better Azure backups and a more user-friendly interface.
Service and Support: Some users had positive things to say about Acronis customer service, while others were dissatisfied with delayed responses and limited real-time support options. Some customers express satisfaction with Dell support, but others said there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Dell Avamar’s pricing is generally seen as reasonable, but some users think it is expensive.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Dell Avamar provides cost savings through data reduction, deduplication, and compression.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect is a versatile solution that saves customers money and enables easy data recovery. While reviews of Cyber Protect were generally positive, there were mixed reviews about support, pricing, and setup. Users also said it could improve its SQL support and management capabilities. Dell Avamar is a scalable solution that offers excellent data compression and fast compression. However, Avamar earned mixed reviews for support, deployment, and pricing. Users also requested better Azure and bare-metal backups and restoration capabilities.
"Centralized management is valuable to us."
"For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"Some of the most valuable features are recovery, protection against malware, and software management. I am happy with the dashboards and user interface."
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"The most valuable feature of Acronis Backup is the data recovery and restoration details."
"Acronis has a very rich functionality."
"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"Since the last version, everything has been improved."
"The backup and recovery speed is very fast."
"It is a very complete product."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"On the cloud side, security could always be better."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"Acronis Backup can improve on the virtualization backups because they are not as good as Veeam Backup."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make things difficult."
"In the span of six months, maintenance is done at least twice and you are told that it is coming up, with apologies for the inconvenience. It's a distraction, and it interferes with the backup schedule."
"The biggest problem that we have is when the antivirus is installed, the whole machine runs very slowly and some of the machines hang."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA). See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Dell Avamar report.
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